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Interview with Allan Williams

Allan Williams of New Harbour, Newfoundland with the help of Friends of the Earth Canada, is requesting an investigation of PCB contamination at the local waste disposal site under the PCB Regulations of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act . Electrical transformers containing PCBs were dumped there in the 1980s and 90s.


 
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Universal Water Security   PDF  Print  E-mail 

Canada’s watersheds are not immune to the effects of growing water demand and a warming climate. Current water management strategies suffer from poor cooperation between different levels of government and lack of long-term, sustainable planning. Today, many of our watersheds are strained beyond their natural limits – and the worse is yet to come. Both the quality and quantity of our freshwater is at stake.


The Facts About Canada's Water

Facts and statistics offer a troubling, yet accurate, assessment of the present situation.

 

 

Water Soft Paths - A Roadmap to Universal Water Security

The Water Soft Paths approach to water management offers a solution which addresses the aspects mentioned above, which can be applied at the national level and most of which can be applied directly at the municipal, watershed and provincial levels of water management.

 

Developing Water Soft Paths in Canadian Municipalities: A Guidebook for Municipal Staff 

 A practical introduction to water soft path (WSP) implementation, the guidebook describes the steps in water soft path planning for municipalities, illustrated with a case study.

 Information That Municipalities Should Bring to Water Soft Path.

  

 

Lexicon of Water Soft Path Knowledge